Table 2 Comparative analysis of proposed converter with existing MPC’s

From: Topology synthesis of coupled inductor based four port DC-DC converter for multi-input PV-battery application with autonomous mode selection

Various topologies in MPC

Number of Components

Control Technique

Number of Ports

Bidirectional Power Flow

Soft – Switching of switches and diodes

Switching frequency

Rated Power

(Watts)

Switch

Diode

Inductor

Coupled Inductor

Capacitor

24

5

-

4

Ă—

5

Small signal modelling

4

Ă—

âś“

100 kHz

400

27

3

3

2

Ă—

2

Competitive mode selection

3

âś“

âś“

20 kHz

35

28

2

2

2

Ă—

4

Small signal modelling

3

Ă—

Ă—

100 kHz

100

30

4

2

2

âś“

3

Dual loop PI controller

3 / n

Ă—

Ă—

30 kHz

100

29

4

3

-

âś“

3

MPPT with mode selection

3

âś“

âś“

100 kHz

180

31

6

-

1

Ă—

3

Control-current prediction

3 / n

âś“

âś“

0.75 MHz to 1 MHz

< 10

20

3

3

3

Ă—

6

Bipolar mode selection

4

âś“

Ă—

100 kHz

100

32

4

4

-

âś“

6

Open loop PWM

3 / n

Ă—

âś“

100 kHz

125

33

3

-

1

âś“

2

Small signal modelling

3

Ă—

âś“

50 kHz

72

Proposed

6

4

2

âś“

1

SAS

4

âś“

âś“

20 kHz

750